Antonyms for collateral damagecol·lat·er·al dam·age

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Princeton's WordNet

1. collateral damagenoun

   (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations

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1. collateral benefit

   while the term and meaning of collateral damage is widespread there are actions that also have widespread and difficult to measure collateral benefits.

   the collateral benefit of local, organic food is likely to be lower cancer and obesity rates.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

2. unintentional benefit

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

How to use collateral damage in a sentence?

1. Richard Burr:

   There are consequences to war and we're in one, we hate where there's collateral damage. We hate when they're Americans. But as proven by the president's statement, we also killed two other Americans that were part of the terrorist organizations.

2. Julia Staron:

   If you compare the work involved for daily cleaning of the mess and the awful smell, as well as all the collateral damage involved, it has definitely been well worth it.

3. William Bottke:

   In an explosion, there is often collateral damage, where nearby buildings and innocent bystanders are affected, investigators can learn about the explosive device and the explosion itself by studying what happened to people, infrastructure, and whether trace amounts of the explosive device can be found among the blast damage. Here, the 'innocent bystanders' were the main-belt asteroids.

4. Refugees Antonio Guterres:

   This is a mistake, and precisely the wrong reaction for an era in which record numbers of people are fleeing wars, security and immigration management are concerns for any country, but policies must be designed in a way that human lives do not end up becoming collateral damage.

5. Anne Louise Oaklander:

   Infection revs up your immune cells to start firing, to fight the enemy, and there's going to be collateral damage.

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